Massage apparatus.



H. E. MARGY.

MASSAGE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17, 1912.

Patented Apr. 28,1914.

(i -1400144 01 J[, 25'. W52] UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT E. MARCY, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

MASSAGE APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

Application filed February 17, 1912. Seria1No. 678,221.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, HERBERT E. MAnoY, citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of \Vestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Massage Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

- This invention relates to massage apparatus and has as its object to rovide, an apparatus which will be simple in construction, and embody no moving parts liable to become disarranged, and may be readily and conveniently used by any one, it being applicable to any ordinary water spigot.

The apparatus embodying the present in vention is of that type including a suction creating device attachable to a water spigot and having-avacuum chamber from which the air is exhausted as the water from the spigot flows through the device, and it is one aim of the invention to so construct this portion of the apparatus that even with a comparatively low pressure flow of water, the desired suction may be obtained.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus, the same being shown applied to an ordinary water spigOt. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the suction creating device of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. .2. Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line H of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of gasketsemployed in fitting the suction creatin device to the spigot.

Corresponding and 11 e parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawing by the same reference characters.

In the drawing, the suction creating device is illustrated as including a hollow cylindrical body or outer tube 1 .open at its lower end, as at 2, and having its upper end threaded, as at 3, so as to fit the threads upon a standard size water spigot. A partition 4: is arranged within the outer tube near the upper end thereof and through this partition is secured a suction tube 5, arelatively short length of the said tube PIOJQCtin above the partition and terminatlng short of the upper end of the outer tube and the remaining portion of the suction tube extending below the partition and terminatin short of the lower end 2 of the outer tube. A nozzle 6 is secured at its upper end to the wall of the outer tube, near the upper end thereof, and this nozzle hasits discharge end projecting into the upper end of the suction tube 5 as clearly,shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The nozzle 6 is substantially funnel shaped, its upper end completely filling the outertubes and its stem or discharge end being substantially cylindrical, but of less diameter than the upper end of the suction tube 5 into which it projects. The wall of the outer tube in conjunction with the wall of the nozzle 6 and the partition 4, forms a suction chamber 7 from which air is to be exhausted by the flow of water through the suction tube 5. A nipple'8 is secured through the wall of the body 1 and opens into the said vacuum chamber 7 and to this nipple is to be attached one end of a suitable length of hose or rubber tubing 9, for a purpose to be presently explained. Arranged within the outer tube immediately below the lower or discharge end of the sue.- tion tube 5, is a bafile plate 10 which is preferably rectangular in outline although it may assume some other form.

The end of the tube 9 opposite that end which is connected to the nipple 8, is fitted removably onto the hollow stein 1-1 of a suction cup 12 designed tobe applied to the skin during the massaging operation.

When the device is to be applied to an ordinary spigot, the outlet of which is threaded, a rubber gasket 13, such as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing, is disposed within the upper threaded end of the outer tube and upon the shoulder formed by the upper end portion ofth'e nozzle'6, and the said upper end of the tube '1 is then threaded onto the spigot. As the water from the spigot flows through the-nozzle 6 and into the suction tube 5, air will be drawn into the suction tube 5 through the space between the upper end of this tube and the stem of the said nozzle, thus creating a partial vacuum within the chamber 7. Thus, when the suction cup 12 is applied to the skin the blood will be drawn toward the surface and its proper circulation will be aided. It will be understood that the baflie plate 10 tends to retard the flow of water from the outer tube after it has issued from the lower end of the suction tube 5 so that a more perfect evacuation of the vacuum chamber 7 will be secured.

the body 1 to adapt the suction creating device of the apparatus for application to spigots of various sizes, and as illustrated in the drawings, these gaskets are cylindrical-,1

the one shown in Figs. 2 and 5 cated by the numeral 14.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is A suction device for attachment to a spigot comprising an outertube, a partition secured within said tube below the upper end thereof and extending diametrically across the same, a suction tube carried by saidpan tition and extending above and below the being indisame and terminating short of the upper and lower ends of the outer tube and spaced from the outer tube throughout its extent, a funnelelike jet nozzle secured in and closing the upper end of'the outer tube and having an elongated lower end extending into the upper end of the suction tube and spaced from the wall of the suction tube, a lateral air inlet in the outer tube above the parti tion and below the upper end of the suction tube, and a baffle extending across the outer tube below and adjacent the lower end of the suction tuber I i In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

'HERBERT E. MARCY. [L.s.]

Witnesses:

WM'. L. MARoY,

WILLIAM E. SOMMER. 

